Ceri
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Welsh
Ceri is a name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ceri mean?
Welsh
A unisex given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ceri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ceri has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Ceri in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 94 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ceri in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2012, 77% of the babies named Ceri in the UK were girls.
Ceri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 34 | #866 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 65 | #509 |
| 2001 | 58 | #552 |
| 2000 | 71 | #468 |
| 1999 | 69 | #481 |
| 1998 | 71 | #472 |
| 1997 | 94 | #395 |
| 1996 | 83 | #421 |
Names related to Ceri
More Welsh names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ceri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ceri, updated 20 October 2026.